Brief Overview of Collection, MC68

Name

Hale Albert Caldwell Student Notebooks

Dates

1916-1917

Extent

.50 cubic foot

Historical Note

Hale Albert Caldwell was born in Michigan in 1891 but relocated to Alabama when his parents moved to Anniston by the end of that decade. In 1918, he graduated from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, then located in Mobile, where he listed Anniston as his hometown. Dr. Caldwell worked in Birmingham as a general practitioner until the early 1960s. In 1921 he married Ruth Gladys Pitts, who was born in Alabama in 1899. Dr. Hale Albert Caldwell died in Birmingham on May 26, 1962. Mrs. Caldwell died in Jefferson County in 1996.

Scope and Contents

This collection includes seven hand-written notebooks from medical school classes. Each notebook contains notes written in pencil, along with rough sketches and diagrams.

Arrangement

Chronological

Accession Number

M1998-04

Provenance

These notebooks were donated to the UAB Archives in 1998 following their discovery by the new owner of Dr. Caldwell's former home at 707 39th Street South.

Copyright

UAB maintains its proprietary rights to the item; the current holder of the copyrights to these materials is unknown.

Fnding Aid

Printed descriptive guide by Donnelly F. Lancaster available in repository.